Manti Te'o didn't really have a dead girlfriend

[Wonderful Monds]

Originally Posted by Revering4Blue

Per Rotoworld

Then there is this
http://m.deadspin.com/5977235/heres-...-dame+usc-game

[dougdirt]

Originally Posted by Revering4Blue

Per Rotoworld

Yeah, Notre Dame doesn't have nearly enough money to pay someone to say that on camera.

Sorry, but there is no way possible I buy into the idea he didn't know what was going on at some point. This was 2012. He never once skyped with her? Never got a picture of her that wasn't of some sort of sexy nature? I don't know.... this is incredibly bizarre, but I will never believe he didn't know something was up well before he started talking about "her" on national television and radio.

[Slyder]

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...irlfriend-hoax

and on ESPN.

[Wonderful Monds]

Originally Posted by dougdirt

Yeah, Notre Dame doesn't have nearly enough money to pay someone to say that on camera.

Sorry, but there is no way possible I buy into the idea he didn't know what was going on at some point. This was 2012. He never once skyped with her? Never got a picture of her that wasn't of some sort of sexy nature? I don't know.... this is incredibly bizarre, but I will never believe he didn't know something was up well before he started talking about "her" on national television and radio.

I don't know how everyone is forgetting he claimed to have met her in person as well. I don't understand that. He told a story in no uncertain terms about how they met and made eye contact and all this stuff. How can he claim now that it was exclusively an online thing?

[dougdirt]

Originally Posted by Wonderful Monds

I don't know how everyone is forgetting he claimed to have met her in person as well. I don't understand that. He told a story in no uncertain terms about how they met and made eye contact and all this stuff. How can he claim now that it was exclusively an online thing?

Well, in theory, he could have just been lying so he didn't have to admit being in an exclusive online relationship. But yeah, I wouldn't buy that either, at least not that far into it.

[TeamSelig]

So did they find out if he made her up or was he tricked? Not that it really matters, but I've heard several different stories

[New York Red]

Originally Posted by dougdirt

Well, in theory, he could have just been lying so he didn't have to admit being in an exclusive online relationship. But yeah, I wouldn't buy that either, at least not that far into it.

It's not just that he claimed to meet her in person on more than one occasion. After he knew it was a hoax, he continued in national interviews to act as if he was in mourning, even at the Heisman presentation and on the eve of the BCS championship game. He didn't start the fire, but he didn't put it out either. Actually, he threw gasoline on it.

[Wonderful Monds]

Originally Posted by dougdirt

Well, in theory, he could have just been lying so he didn't have to admit being in an exclusive online relationship. But yeah, I wouldn't buy that either, at least not that far into it.

Yeah that's a lot to swallow. And as others pointed out, would he not have ever Skyped with her, asked for a picture etc. I know they have him that one random girl's picture, but I can't imagine they would've had enough to keep him going that long.

As far as why he kept it going after he knew it was a hoax, that I can actually understand more. I don't think he handled it well, but I can at least comprehend it. Hypothetically, if he really learned then, it would've been really hard to come out with that, have that public knowledge out there during the national championship game.

[Slyder]

Originally Posted by Wonderful Monds

Yeah that's a lot to swallow. And as others pointed out, would he not have ever Skyped with her, asked for a picture etc. I know they have him that one random girl's picture, but I can't imagine they would've had enough to keep him going that long.

As far as why he kept it going after he knew it was a hoax, that I can actually understand more. I don't think he handled it well, but I can at least comprehend it. Hypothetically, if he really learned then, it would've been really hard to come out with that, have that public knowledge out there during the national championship game.

ESPN is reporting that who was behind it had done it before to others. Using the same name, same picture, same profile, same everything. Not everyone has skype thats easy to get around not meeting.

[Wonderful Monds]

Originally Posted by Slyder

ESPN is reporting that who was behind it had done it before to others. Using the same name, same picture, same profile, same everything. Not everyone has skype thats easy to get around not meeting.

Naaaaaah, Skype is a free program, if you have an online long distance relationship, that would be a requirement.

[cincrazy]

Here's the part that throws me off... in his interview with Pete Thamel for SI, he said he had known her for FOUR YEARS. They'd dated for one, supposedly, and he'd known her for FOUR. That, more than anything else, just doesn't add up to me. I think he knew all along. I'm positive he did.

[cincrazy]

She was in an auto accident... she was diagnosed with cancer.. he never made an effort to go see her? Yet he was "in love" with her? REALLY? This guy isn't a kid. He's a 22 year old senior, that graduated from NOTRE DAME! He's not stupid. He's extremely intelligent. Unfortunately, it appears in a crazy way.

[Sea Ray]

What's the definition of a girlfriend? Doesn't meeting face to face have to be a minimal requirement?

[Wonderful Monds]

Originally Posted by dougdirt

Well, in theory, he could have just been lying so he didn't have to admit being in an exclusive online relationship. But yeah, I wouldn't buy that either, at least not that far into it.

This is what he is running with according to ESPN right now though, according to Jeremy Schapp who interviewed him.

[Hoosier Red]

I think this tweet pretty much explains my thoughts.

RT @drewmagary: "Jeez guys, he SEEMS to be telling the truth!" -Every reporter that was duped by Te'o's story to begin with